Screen for eaves troughs and the like



Aug. 24 1926. 1,597,503

' J. C. ANDREWS SCREEN FOR EAVES TROUGHS AND THE LIKE Filed D60. 24,1924 /NVEN7'0F?. JAMES C. ANDREWS.

' ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 24, 1926.

UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. ANDREWS, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

SCREEN FOR EAVES TROUGHS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed December 24, 1924. Serial No. 757,892.

' This inventionrelates to screens for eaves troughs and the like.

It has been proposed heretofore to use screens of various kinds toprevent leaves and 5 from entering eaves screens have not, as a rule,

.other foreign matter troughs but these been satisfactory,-

either because they were expensive to build or diflicult to install, orbecause they were of such a character that they would become clo gedwith leaves ne object/of the a screen for an eaves very slmple in itsconstruction, stall and which can stalled at a low cost A further objector other matter.

invention is to provide trough which will be easy to in-' be producedand in of the invention is to provide such a screen which will be ofsuch a character and so arranged that it will not become clogged by anaccumulation of leaves or other matter thereon.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the device is described indetail.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portionof an eaves trough showing my Fig.

self; of portions of two showing the means embodiment of 2 is an endelevation of Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view screen appliedthereto;

the screen itsectlons of the screen for connecting the same. In thesedrawings my invention and have I have illustrated one shown the sameasapplied to an eaves trough of standard be understood, however,

construction. It will that the invention may take various forms and maybe applied to eaves troughs of various klnds.

As here shown the eaves U shaped in cross section and has stantiallytrough, 1, is subthe upper portion of its outer wall offset,

as shown at 2, and

provided at its upper edge with an inturned flange 3. The trough issecured to-the su porting structure 4: by

suitable fastening shown, comprise nails evices, which, as here 5 whichextend through the outer and inner walls of the trough and into thesupporting structure and which have mounted thereon spacing devices,such as tubes 6, which maintain the inner and outer walls of the troughin proper-spaced relation one to the other.

The screen may be formed of foraminous material of any suitablecharacter but I prefer to employ a small mesh wire fabric,

as shown in the drawing. The screen is formed in sections prlses a stripof f and each section comoraminous material, as

shown at 7, the lateral portions of which are bent downwardly toprovidevertical portions 8 and 9 to'extend into the upper portion of the eavestrough and to rest upon suitable supports therein. lVith the type ofcaves trough here shown I utilize fastening devices for the trough asthe support for the screen and the lower edges of the downwardly turned,or vertical, portions 8 and 9 of the screen rest upon these fasteningdevices. The screen is sprung into position in the upper portion of thetrough with its inner portion beneath the overhanging edges of theshingles and will be retained in position therein without fasteningdevices. If

desired, the vertical portions 8 and 9 of the screen may be arranged atsuch angles to the .body or transverse portion of the screen sition,will extend between the fastening devices and the flange 3 at the upperedge of the front wall of the trough, thus positively preventing thevertical displacement of the trough. The resiliency of the materialpermits the screen to be readily sprung into position and when releasedthe flange 6 will engage beneath the flange 3 of the trough.

I also prefer to so support the screen that it will extend downwardlyand forwardly across the open upper side of the eaves trough, in aninclined position. This I accomplish by making the downwardly turned orvertical portion 9 at the inner edge of the screen of greater width thanthe corresponding portion 8 at the outer edge of the screen, thus whenthe two vertical portions rest on the fastening devices he transverseportion of the screen will be in an inclined or sloping position and anythereon will tend to slide off the screen or be washed ofl the sameby-the water which flows off of the shingles onto the screen.

In this manner the leaves are prevented leaves or other material whichmay fall from accumulating on the screen and inter-- fering with thepassage of the water from the roof to the eaves trough.

The several sections of the screen may be connected one to the other, ifdesired, and this may be readily accomplished by extending a part of thelongitudinal wires of one section beyond the end of the screen properand turning the same down, as shown at 11, to form hooks which may beengaged through the end meshes of the adjacent section, thus holding thetwo sections against longitudinal displacement with relation one to theother.

While I have'shown and described one embodiment of-my invention I wishit to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the detailsthereof as various modifications may occur to a person skilled in theart,

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A screen for an eaves trough, comprisa sect-ion of foraminousmaterial having lateral portions turned downwardly and arranged to beinserted in said eaves trough, one of said down turned portions havingan outwardly turned flange to extend beneath a part extending inwardlyfrom the upper edge of the adjacent wall of said eaves trough.

2. A screen for an eaves trough, comprising a section of foraminousmaterial having its lateral portions turned downwardly to engagesupports within said eaves trough, said down turned portions being ofsuch relative width that thetransverse portion of said screen willslope. downwardly toward the outer wall of said eaves trough.

3. The combination with an eaves trough, comprising front and rearwalls, and fastening devices extending through said walls and spacedfrom the upper edges thereof, of a section of foraminous material havingits lateral portions bent downwardly and arranged to enter the upperportion of said eaves trough and to engage said fastening devices. i

4. The combination with an eaves trough, compmsing front and rear walls,and fastening devices extending through said walls and spaced from theupper edges thereof, of a section of foraminous material having itslateral portions bent downwardly and arranged to enter the uppervportion of said eaves trough and to engage said fastening devices, theinner downturned portion of said screen being of greater width than theouter downturned portion thereof to cause the body of said screen toslope toward the front wall of said trough.

5. The combination with an eaves trough, comprising front and rearwalls, the front Wall having its upper edge turned inwardly to form aflange, and fastening devices ex tending through said front and rearwalls to secure said trough to a supporting structure, said fasteningdevices being spaced from the upper edges of said walls, of a section offoraminous material having its lateral portions turned downwardly andarranged to enter the upper side of said eaves trough and to rest uponsaid fastening devices, that downturned portion adjacent to the frontwall ofsaid trough having at its lower edge an outwardly extendingportion to engage beneath the flange on said front wall of said eavestrough.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature hereto.

JAii'lis o. ANDREWS.

